When Worlds Collide; book 1: Elemental Bakugan Warriors

I do not own Bakugan or Pokemon, only the characters that I've made up. The story might connect with the same Bakugan episodes that you've guys had seen before, but there is going to be a slightly different from the story.

Home coming and mysterious dreams

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My name is Leona Ketchum of Pallet Town. I'm fourteen years old, while my brother, Ash Ketchum, is fifteen. Well…He's not actually my real brother and I was never really born in Pallet town. So here is my story that I'm about to tell you all. When I was only a baby my parents had abandoned me within a large, dense forest to die. I was soon found by a female Arcanine. This Arcanine wasn't like any Arcanine that I'd had ever seen in my life before. Her fur was pure white like freshly fallen snow in the beginning of winter with a silver mane and tail that glistened within the sun's radiant light. The female Arcanine was mated with the leader of a pack of Arcanine. The female Arcanine had brought me back to her pack where her mate took one good look at me and couldn't help but accept me into his litter of pups. The two Arcanine's only had a litter of four male Growlithe pups and the oldest of them was chosen to become leader of the pack someday. I was quickly accepted into the pack and I grew to learn more about nature, and understand the words of Pokemon who taught me many things that no human could ever learn in his or her life time.

I was living the rest of my life to the fullest with my litter mates and the pack members. They were the only family that I'd ever had in my life, and I was happy for that, but that soon changed after I became six years old. Humans came into our forest, and started to set it on fire so that they could drive the Arcanine clan towards them. My mother and father knew of their trickery and they quickly lead me, my brother's and the pack to safety, but the human's had surrounded us on all sides. They captured my mother, father, three of my brother's and almost the entire pack, but some of the pack members somehow managed to escape from the humans attack. My older brother had out witted the humans by firing an ember attack on the two men that had surrounded us, and quickly lead me away from our forest home. We traveled for many days as we looked for a home where we can live in peace with no human's to bother us. That was when we came upon a small village called Pallet Town. So many humans were living there along side Pokemon. I was discussed at the sight I saw front of me when I first eyed the Pokemon being petted by those humans. How could those Pokemon stand to be around those humans when humans were the evilest creatures on our planet? My thoughts about humans soon changed when I came across a boy with dark black hair and brown eyes. Under his eyes were zigzag lines that looked utterly ridicules on him, but they were something that made him who he was. We soon came face to face with each other when he accidentally kicked his ball too hard and it fell into a bush. That was when we met. He came into the bush that my brother and I were hiding in and we came eye to eye with each other. The boy was around seven years old as he stood looking at me with curiosity. My brother and I quickly ran away from the boy before he could have chance to talk to me.

I soon returned later to the same spot as yesterday and saw the same boy standing in front of the bush where my brother and I had hidden in the other day. I didn't know why I did it, but I walked out of the bush and looked up at the boy in front of me. He soon started talking to me in a voice that was kind and soft. He soon told me his name.

"My name is Ash Ketchum."

That was when he started showing me how to talk along with his mother after he introduced me to her. My Growlithe brother quickly warmed up to Ash and his mother when he came along with me to meet them. I was soon adopted into their family and became Mrs. Ketchum's first daughter and little sister to Ash. We played with each other all the time along with my Growlithe brother as Ash showed me all of the greatest places around Pallet Town. He soon had to leave Pallet Town on his journey around Kento with his starter Pokemon, a stubborn Pikachu that refused to have anything to do with him. I said goodbye to him when he was at edge of Pallet Town boarders. I had a few tears running down my face as I watched him leave while dragging his new Pokemon behind him on a clothing line that our mother gave to him before he started out on his journey. I knew that I would never see Ash again for a long time for my time soon came when I turned ten years old myself. I had a teary goodbye with my mother before I went to professor Oak's Lab with my Growlithe brother to get my starter Pokemon. I was partnered with an Eevee that no trainer wanted and I soon found out why when I was attacked by a wild flock of Spearow's. Eevee quickly came to my aid and shot out a powerful bolt of electricity as he knocked down all of the Spearow's in just one blow.

Eevee looked at me with his brown eyes as it waited to find out what I thought of him. I soon walked up to Eevee, knelt down and picked him up. I lifted him up to my eye level with a smile. I told him that it didn't matter whether he was different or not as long as we could still be partners. That made Eevee cry with tears of joy as he sobbed into my shoulder and I held my new partner for hours on end until we set off on our journey.

We soon met up with a boy named Li Steel of Vermilion city and his Pokemon partner Houndoom. We also met up with a girl named Sophie Stalin of Cerulean City and her Pokemon partner Espeon. We all traveled together through Kento, the Orange Islands, and Johto while also picking up some new Pokemon friends along the way.

I soon found a fire stone on my journey and decided to use it when my Growlithe brother thought the time was right. After a few weeks of training my Growlithe brother soon told me that it was time and I evolved him into a beautiful and strong Arcanine that was as fast as the wind, I thus nicked named him Wind Chaser. I also captured four more Pokemon to my family and team. One of them was a mischief little Vaporeon that I called Scamp. The second Pokemon that I've caught was a shy little Sandshrew that would roll up into a ball whenever someone scared it or surprised it. My third Pokemon was an abused Absol with pure white fur that shone within the sun's light and a red scar that ran down across its right eye. And a small Pidgey that soon evolved into its highest form, a Pidgeot.

Le captured four Pokemon for his team. He'd captured a Jolteon, a wise ninja Scyther, a spunky little Cyndaquil called Spit-Fire. And a fun loving water/electric type Pokemon called Lanturn, nicked named Sparks.

Sophie captured three other Pokemon for her team. One of them was a beautiful Ninetales with shining golden fur, a small Horsea, and a fast swimming Dewgong that liked to challenge my Vaporeon to a race sometimes and would always win.

I soon told Sophie and Li about my past life, and how I was adopted into the Ketchum family. That soon became the biggest mistake that I ever made within my life. You see, whenever we meet somebody new who wanted to travel with us they would suddenly change their minds and walk off in a different direction. The strange thing was that before they left, they would always look at me with a frightened or angry look within they're eyes before going on their way. I soon found out why from Eevee and Wind Chaser. Li and Sophie had been telling the people that we have met through out our journey about my past and how I was nothing but a wild beast that will attack them when their backs are turned to me. I soon decided that I will never trust any anyone with my secret again until they've earned my trust. The only few people that I've told my secret too were Misty, Brock, Tracy and professor Oak. But the people that I mostly putted my trust into are my family members who are none other than my mom and my brother Ash, but my life was about to take a sudden turn when a simple homecoming turns into an adventure. This is the beginning of where my adventure with my brother and with some new friends…starts.

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A young girl with an Eevee at her side was running down the path that would lead her back to her home town where she will have a welcome home party with her family.

She was wearing a short sleeve purple T-shirt with a dark blue vest over it, light green pants that stretched to her kneecaps. Dark blue and light blue fingerless gloves were on her hands as she gripped them into tight knuckles while she ran. On her feet were white runners with green, red and blue patterns on them and around her head was a light blue headband. She had light blue eyes and long light brown hair that ended to the middle of her back. This was Leona Ketchum, who had journey around the Kento region, Johto region and the Orange Islands to become the world greatest Pokemon master, for it was hers and her brother's dream to become the best the world has ever seen.

Leona and her Eevee quickly stopped running and turned to see their two traveling companions legging behind them.

"Come on you two!" shouted Leona with her hands cupped over the sides of her mouth as she called to her two traveling companions.

"We're coming, just hold your horses!" shouted a boy with short black hair and brown eyes.

He was fourteen years old like Leona. He was wearing a grey sweater hoodie, blue jeans and black-white runners. His name was Li Steel and his dream is to journey around the world, and to see many different places.

The second one of their group was a long blonde hair girl with green eyes. She was the same age as Leona and Li. She was wearing a sleeveless blue shirt and a short jean skirt that ended near her kneecaps and brown sandals with a white rose on the side. The girl's name was Sophie Stalin and her dream is to become the world's greatest Pokemon coordinator.

Li and Sophie had teamed up with Leona ever since she met them in Kento, but they can be a major pain when they want to be around Leona. The reason why Leona was excited to get home was because she had gotten a letter from her mother saying that Ash and a few of his friends were coming home to Pallet Town and were waiting for her there. Leona couldn't wait to see her brother again after being separated from him for so long. Li and Sophie soon caught up to the agitated Leona as she was tapping her foot on the dirt ground with impatiens.

"Man, you guys sure are slow." Leona complained as she looked at her two traveling companions before her.

"Well you don't have to run so far ahead of us you know." Li panted as he glared up at Leona.

"Li's right, I mean…what's the rush?" asked Sophie as she gave Leona a tired look.

"What's the rush?" repeated Leona with a big smile on her face. "I just got a letter from my mother telling me that Ash and the gang are coming back to Pallet Town for a reunion. I haven't seen my brother for such a long time. So I have to get home right away before he decides to pack up and get going on his journey through Shinno again. He's also bringing a new friend with him from the Shinno region as well. So we have to hurry."

"But Leona, couldn't we take a rest?" whined Li as he collapsed to the ground in exhaustion.

"Li's right…we aren't like you Leona." Sophie stuttered as she too sank to the ground tiredly.

"I know you guys aren't like me, so that's why I'm giving you a little help." Leona said as she pulled out her Pokeball and throws it up into the air. "Wind Chaser, come on out bro!"

The Pokeball opened up in a flash of light as it took shape. A large orange dog appeared in front of the group with its body covered with jagged black stripes as it landed right in front of Leona and the two other human kids. A golden mane and tail flowed around its body as tuffs of golden fur appeared on all four of its legs. It lets out a howl before looking over at Leona with a dog like smirk. Leona came up to the Arcanine to pet it.

"How are you doing Wind Chaser?" asked Leona with a smile on her face.

The Arcanine, Wind Chaser, licked her on the side of her face to greet her. Leona laughed before wrapping her arms around her Pokemon brother's neck. She soon pulled away from the Arcanine to look into the deep blue eyes of her brother.

"Listen Wind Chaser, I need you to do me a little favor," said Leona as she looked over at Li and Sophie.

Wind Chaser looked over at Li and Sophie before looking back at his sister and nodded his head in understanding. Wind Chaser walked over to Li and Sophie before lying down in front of them to offer them a ride to Pallet Town. Li and Sophie gladly excepted as they hopped onto the mighty dog's back. Wind Chaser stood up on his four legs with Li sitting in the front while holding onto the dogs mane and Sophie, who was sitting sidesaddle, was holding on to Li's waist. Leona soon walked up to them to make sure that they were okay.

"You guy's okay up there?" she asked as she looked up at her two companions.

"Yeah, we're fine," answered Sophie as she looked down at Leona from Wind Chaser's back. "Now we'll have a luxury ride back to your hometown."

"Yeah," agreed Li with a nod of his head before looking down at Leona. "Well Leona, what are you waiting for? Get on so that we can ride like the wind!"

"No thanks guys." Leona declined as Eevee jumped up on to her shoulders. "I'm going to be running all the way home, along with some of my other Pokemon friends."

"Huh?" said Li and Sophie with a confused looked on their faces.

Leona soon turned away from them as she picked out three of her Pokeball's and threw them up into the air shouting: "Scamp, Absol, Pidgeot come on out!"

Three loud pops sounded through the air as Leona's three other Pokemon reveled themselves to her. Absol, that had a bright red scar on its right eye, lets out a loud bark. A young Vaporeon appeared beside Absol as it lets out a happy bark. And lastly a strong looking Pidgeot appeared as it spread its wings wide open before it let out a loud cry that could be heard for miles around.

"Hey gang," greeted Leona as she looked at all of the Pokemon before her. "How do you guy's feel about having a little race back to Pallet Town with me?"

Each one of her Pokemon started to bark or chirp at the challenge that had been offered before them and agreed to having a race with Leona, Eevee, and Wind Chaser.

"Alright then!" exclaimed Leona as she looked at her running partners. "On the count of three we'll start."

Eevee jumped down from Leona's shoulders as she and her Pokemon friends got ready to run. Wind Chaser got ready as well as he tensed his leg muscles to run along side with Leona.

"One," started Leona as she got ready to run along with her Pokemon.

"Wait, are you sure this is such a good idea!" cried Li in fear as he quickly tightened his grip on Wind Chaser's mane.

"Two," continued Leona as she ignored Li's desperate cries of protest: "THREE!"

On 'Three' Leona and her Pokemon started running down the road towards Pallet Town with Li and Sophie screaming all the way. Leona was right in front of her Pokemon with Wind Chaser coming up behind her. Absol was running with a large smirk on his face with Scamp running along side him. Pidgeot was flying over head as he cried out with delight as he felt the wind brush underneath his wings while he flew through the skies of his home world that he shared with everyone else on earth. Eevee was running beside Leona while barking out with happiness as he ran. Leona was smiling as she ran with the wind blowing through her hair while she rushed towards the place where it had been her home since she was six years old. Now, after for so long, she was coming back home and she was also going to see her brother again.

Pokemon Master Quest theme:

There's no time to question my moves

I stick to the path that I choose

Me, and my friends, are gonna do it right

You'll never see us runaway from a fight!

To be a master is my dream

All I got to do is believe

(I believe!)

That I've got a chance to win

I'm on my way to victory

(Pokemon)

I can be a champion, if I just believe.

I'm on a master quest

(Master quest)

I want the whole world to see

(That I believe)

I'm gonna be the very best

'Cause all I've got to do is believe in me

Pokemon!

Leona soon saw her hometown up ahead and she quickly picked up her speed along with her Pokemon partners. Eevee was running along side Leona as they came into Pallet Town, but he soon decided to get ahead of Leona and the others. That soon became his biggest mistake as he suddenly bumped into another Pokemon in front of it. Eevee and the other Pokemon were rolling around on the ground for a moment until they came to a complete stop with Eevee on top of the Pokemon that he had bumped into.

Eevee quickly leaped off of the Pokemon to see that it was a Pikachu that he had ran into and quickly apologized for bumping into it. The Pikachu shook its head and said that it was okay for it wasn't looking where it was going either.

Just then a boy with short black hair sticking out from underneath his hat and dark brown eyes came up to them. He was wearing a red and black baseball cap on top of his head with a blue symbol on the front of it. The boy was also wearing a black vest with a yellow strip coming across his chest with a white collar over a white shirt. Baggy blue jeans, black-red runners and on his hands were dark green gloves with light green rims around the wristbands.

The boy bent down to get a better look at Eevee as he held the palm of his hand out in front of the fox Pokemon.

"Hey there little guy," said the boy in a gentle voice as he smiled down at Eevee. "Where did you come from?"

"Eevee!" shouted Leona as she and her Pokemon friends came up to the boy and Eevee.

The boy suddenly stood up as he looked over to see Leona running up to them. Leona stopped in her tracks, along with her Pokemon, as she looked at the boy in front of her. Leona and the boy stared at each other for what seemed like hours to them. Sophie, who was still on Wind Chaser's back, stared at the boy with a dreamy look upon her face. Leona soon smiled as tears started to form within her eyes. The boy soon smiled a soft smile as he looked into Leona's blue eyes.

Leona went into a sprint as she ran towards the boy and soon tackled into him with her arms wrap around the boy's neck. The boy wrapped his arms around Leona's body as he rested his chin on Leona's right shoulder with smile.

Sophie was in a state of shock when she saw the position Leona was in with the boy and started to steam up with anger. Li mouth hung wide open as he saw how Leona had made a quick move on this boy, but their surprise soon got even bigger at what Leona suddenly said next.

"It's good to see you again, bro." Leona said as she buried her face into the boy's right shoulder.

"You too sis," the boy muttered as he rubbed Leona's back to comfort her.

"Bro/sis!" shouted Sophie and Li together before they fell off of Wind Chaser's back.

Leona and the boy soon pulled away from each other as they looked over at Li and Sophie with a confusement imprinted on their faces. Leona and her Pokemon started to laugh when they saw Li and Sophie face flat on the ground. Sophie was the first one to finally recover as she jumped into a sitting position while she stared at Leona with wide eyes.

"You mean this cute boy is your brother!" shrieked Sophie in amazement.

"Yep," answered Leona with a nod as she turned to face her brother. "Ash these are my traveling companions that I told you about. The blonde haired girl is Sophie while the boy who in the dirt is Li."

At the mention of his name, Li instantly jumped up into a sitting position as he looked between Leona and Ash with wide eyes and his mouth hanging wide open: "This kid is your brother, No way!"

Leona lets out a chuckle before looking over at her brother again.

"Oh Ash it's so good to see you again." Leona said with a smile on her face. "I can't wait to tell you about my journey and what I've been doing these last few years."

"Me too," spoke Ash with a smile on his face. "I've also got some friends that I like you to meet as well."

"Okay," Leona chuckled with a smile.

Ash smiled at his sister for a moment until he was suddenly licked on the side of his cheek. He looked over his shoulder and saw Wind Chaser standing behind him with a smirk imprinted on his muzzle. Ash smiled as he placed his hand under the Arcanine's chin.

"Is this who I think it is?" questioned Ash as he looked over at his sister.

Leona nodded her head yes: "That's my Growlithe brother alright. He evolved with a fire stone that I had found on my journey and I've also given him the nickname, Wind Chaser."

"Well I'm impressed by how much you've grown Leona." Ash commented as he turned his gaze back on Wind Chaser. "Maybe we can have a battle some time."

"You're on!" exclaimed Leona with a smirk.

"Ash!" called a girl from Leona and Ash's home.

Leona turned to see a girl running towards them with an Azurill in her arms. The girl had shoulder length bright red hair that was pulled up into a small pony tail and aqua green eyes. She was wearing a dark red leotard with a yellow vest over it. On the front of the vest was a large blue button, yellow shorts and short orange boots.

Leona instantly recognized the girl at once: "Misty!"

"Leona!" cried Misty with a smile as she came up to her and Ash. "It's so good to see you again. How have you been?"

"I've been doing just great." Leona answered with a proud smile before looking at the Pokemon that was in Misty's arms. "And who's this little cutie?"

"This is my new water Pokemon, Azurill" Misty answered with a smile. "Isn't it just the cutest thing?"

"I'll say," chuckled Leona with a smile.

"Azurill!" chirped the young water Pokemon with a happy smile.

Just then Leona suddenly felt something rubbing up against her right leg. She looked down and saw the same Pikachu that Eevee had ran into as it rubbed its head up against her leg. Leona bent down and picked up the small electric mouse from off the ground as she held him within her arms.

"Now don't tell me that this is the very same Pikachu that you had started out with on your journey." Leona asked with a smile as she looked at her brother.

"Sure is," answered Ash with a nodded of his head as Eevee climbed up onto his right shoulder. "It took a while and before I knew it, Pikachu and I quickly became friends throughout our journeys."

"Well it's great to see that you and Pikachu have become great friends." Leona pointed out as she scratched Pikachu behind his ear.

Ash laughed while Eevee yipped happy on top of the boy's shoulder. Sophie pouted as she glared at Leona talking with Ash so chummily while Li looked confused at the scene before him. Leona wasn't paying attention to her friends for she was more focused on being with her brother and mother again, but she was also hoping that this was going to be a normal visit like any other visit. What she didn't know was that she, her brother, and friends will be meeting some new friends/creatures from another world and they will experience a new adventure along the way.

Ketchum residence

Leona was sitting on the couch within the living room with her brother sitting at her side. Ash had introduced her to some of his new friends when they had first stepped into the house. Leona and Brock had shared a hug with each other for it had been a long time since Leona had last seen him.

Brock was wearing a green short sleeve shirt with an orange-grey vest over it, baggy tan brown pants and blue runners. Brock wanted to become the world's greatest Pokemon breeder and had taught Leona some things about medicines in helping her Pokemon team if they were hurt or injured. Leona had always looked up to Brock as a father-brother figure and had learned a lot from him when he was staying with her mother, (from the time where he came back from the orange islands).

Leona had also looked up to Misty as a sister from when they had first met each other. The two of them had created a strong bond with each other, but not as strong as her bond with her brother Ash.

The first person that Leona was introduced to when she stepped through the door front door was Dawn and her penguin Pokemon, Pipplup. She had dark, nave-blue, hair that flowed down to the middle of her shoulder blades and sparkling, crystal blue eyes. She was wearing a mini-dress which is mostly black with a white under shirt inside the 'V' shaped neck line of the shirt with a pink skirt. A white beanie hat, with a pink Pokeball imprinted on it, sat on top of her head. Within her hair were two golden hairclips, which held back some pieces of her long blue hair from her face. She was also wearing pink, high knee, boots with black socks underneath them.

The second person that she was introduced to was May was from Petalburg City within the Hoenn region. May had short dark-brown hair with few long bits of hair hanging down the sides of her face, and dark blue eyes. On May's head was a green bandana with a Pokeball symbol on it. She was wearing a red-orange vest with a black collar on it, black bike shorts, black socks, and red-white sneakers. Around her waist was a green waist-pack.

When Leona had met the two girls she started to feel like she could trust them, but she knew better than to get too far ahead of herself. The last person that she was introduced to was Max.

He was the little brother of May and Leona started to take on a soft side to him. He had midnight black/blue hair and brown eyes that were hidden behind the glasses that he was wearing on his face. He was wearing a short sleeve green shirt with a white collar, dark brown shorts, and dark blue sneakers. Leona guessed that he was around the age of seven or eight, but she was impressed by how much he knew about Pokemon.

Everyone was helping themselves to some cookies while sharing stories with each other. Sophie was clinging to Brock with a dreamy look upon her face while Li was trying to make a 'Friendly' conversation with Misty, May, or Dawn. The result for his attics was Misty ignoring him, May glaring at him, and Dawn slapping him in the face out of fury when he tried to touch her in the wrong way. Leona rolled her eyes at her two traveling companions before starting to talk with her brother as they shared their stories of adventure and what they've experience throughout their travels. Eevee and Pikachu were sharing a bowl of Pokemon food while chattering among themselves.

"Wow, Ash!" exclaimed Leona with a surprised look upon her face. "You saw that many legendary Pokemon on your journey? You are so lucky."

"What about you Leona?" asked Ash after he swallowed his cookie and drunk some milk to wash it down. "Did you see any legendary Pokemon on your journey?"

Leona nodded her head with a smile: "I saw Lugia, Suicune, and Raikou. I saw many more legendary Pokemon throughout my travels as well, but I also saw one by myself and haven't told it to Sophie or Li about it, because I promised him that I wouldn't tell anyone about him."

"Hmm," hummed Ash in thought as he started thinking about what Leona meant by that.

Thoughts were interrupted when Delia Ketchum came into the room. Leona looked up at her mother and smiled a warm smile. It had been so long since she had seen her mother and she was glad to finally have a chance to be with her family again. Delia had welcome both of her children back with warm hugs and kiss Leona on top of her forehead when they had both entered their home.

Delia set a tray onto the coffee table in front of everyone. On the tray were teacups with green tea in them. Leona took one of the teacups for her self and gave the other one to her brother before looking at her mother.

"Thanks mom," said Leona with a smile as she held the handle of the teacup within her hand.

"You're welcome Leona," answered Delia with a smile of her own as she sat down on a chair that was pulled up to the coffee table. "I knew that you would be coming home to see me again and I made these cookies for you and Ash, for I know that they were always your favorite when you two were little."

Leona smiled as a small blush appeared on her face before turning to look at her brother, and received the same smile back. This had always been what Leona wanted when she was coming home. Everything was exactly the same from when she had left her home at the age of ten, and she was glade that she was able to see her brother again along with meeting his new friends who he had made within the regions that he had traveled to. Just then a thought suddenly came into her head as he looked over at her mother.

"Hey mom, I was planning to go to professor Oak's lab tomorrow. Is it okay if I go?"

"I don't see why not," answered Delia with a smile. "Just make sure that you eat your breakfast tomorrow before going to see him, alright?"

"Okay mom," chuckled Leona with a smile.

"Why do you want to go to Professor Oak's lab tomorrow?" asked Ash with a confused look on his face.

"Because I want to see how my other Pokemon are doing," answered Leona as she looked at her brother. "I also want to see what kind of Pokemon that you have caught on your journey."

"If that's all that you want do then I'll come with you," said Ash with a smile. "I've been meaning to see how my other Pokemon are doing as well."

"Okay, we'll go together." Leona declared with a nod.

Le and Sophie had listened in on what Leona and Ash's conversation was and they started coming up with an idea on how to humiliate Leona in front of her brother's friends. They were going to spread their rumor about Leona being a monster to Ash's new friends, just like the rest of the people that they had told throughout their journey.

"Hey Leona, what kind of Pokemon have you caught while you were traveling around the regions?" asked Dawn with an excited look on her face.

"Well let's see," hummed Leona in thought as she started to think about what to tell Dawn. "I've caught a lot of Pokemon and raised them as part of my family whenever Professor Oak would send me the Pokemon I asked from him. So I probably got about…um…25 Pokemon on my team."

"That many!" gasped Dawn and May in surprise.

"Yep," Leona chuckled as smile spread out across her face.

"Although her Pokemon aren't as lovely as mine are," boasted Sophie with a smirk as she flicked her hair to the side with her left hand.

Leona gave Sophie a frown of disgusted: 'Why does she always have to boast about her Pokemon's beauty and criticize my own Pokemon?'

Eevee growled when it heard what Sophie said, but soon smirked as it decided to play a little trick on Sophie. Eevee started to creep along the floor like a predator stocking its prey as he snuck closer to one of Sophie's feet. Sophie was so busy talking that she didn't notice the fox Pokemon coming up to her. Leona turned her eyes to the ground and saw Eevee stalking towards Sophie with a few sparks leaping off of his body. Leona smirked before raising her teacup up to her mouth and sipping out of it.

"My Pokemon team happens to be more beautiful than any of Leona's Pokemon combined. Plus, I pride myself in brushing them everyday to make them look be-Ah!"

Everyone was taken by surprise when they saw Sophie being engulfed by electricity with Eevee's paw touching her leg. This continued for about ten minutes until it finally stopped. Everyone in the room, but Leona, stared at Sophie with wonder with Eevee wagging his tail innocently while sitting beside Leona's feet. Sophie turned her eyes on Leona with a glare.

"You did that on purpose!" she blasted while standing up quickly from her seat.

"Why dear Sophie I don't know what you're talking about," Leona replied innocently as she took another sip of her tea.

Ash and Misty silently giggled when they saw how terrible Sophie looked. Sophie's head was completely frizzled with a few singe marks on her face and clothes. This was going to be an interesting visit with Leona around and Ash really wanted to spend time with his sister as much a he possible can before he set out on his journey again.

Midnight within Pallet Town

It was soon midnight and Ash's friends decided to stay over at his house. Sophie, Li, Misty, Dawn Brock Max and May were sleeping in the guestrooms within Ash and Leona's home. Leona and Ash were still up as they sat in Leona's room; they were talking to one another in privet as they sat on the floor of Leona's room. Leona was telling her brother about her adventures in the Orange Islands.

"You've certainly been traveling a lot through all of the places that I've been through." Ash said with a smile spreading out across his face.

"What can I say," chuckled Leona with a shrug of her shoulders. "I always follow my nose to wherever you're going big brother, even though you're far away from me sometimes I can always sense that you are with me. It's that thought that always keeps me strong throughout my Pokemon battles."

"Leona," said Ash with a smile. "Some times I always feel like you're with me as well. Do you still remember the promise we made?"

"How can I forget?" Leona chuckled. "We promised each other that we would become the worlds greatest Pokemon Masters someday, and I would never forget a promise like that."

Just then, the door to Leona's room opened. The two of them turned and saw their mother standing in front of them: "Leona, Ash it's time for bed."

"Okay," answered both Leona and Ash.

Ash stood up from the floor as he made his way out of the door towards his room with Pikachu on his shoulder, but soon stopped and turned to look back at his sister again.

"Goodnight Leona," Ash said as Leona walked up to him.

She smiled at him before giving him a playful punch in the face: "You too big bro, and remember; you promised me that we'll have a battle with each other."

Ash looked at his sister for a moment before smiling at her. He held up his left pinky to his sister and Leona smiled at him as she wrapped her left pinky around his. This was a silent promise that they would always make to each other when they were younger, and for years they have never broken a promise to one another. This was a promise that will be no different from the others they had made; for no matter what the situation was they will always stand by each other no matter what.

The two of them soon unwound their pinkies before Ash stepped outside of Leona's room. Ash lightly closed the door to Leona's room behind him as he let her get ready for bed. Eevee was sitting on Leona's bed with his back turned as he let Leona put her pajamas on in privacy. Leona was soon wearing a dark blue shirt with a bright red star in the middle of it, and light blue pajama bottoms. Once she was done putting on her pajamas she started to crawl into the covers of her bed with Eevee crawling in after her.

"Goodnight Eevee," whispered Leona as she draped her right arm over the little fox's body. "Have sweet dreams."

Eevee gave a quiet bark in reply before he slowly shut his eyes. Leona smiled at her fox friend before she too closed her eyes as well and she let sleep over come her mind.

Dream world

Leona opened her eyes and saw that she was in some kind of world where fire was the only life force that could be found.

"W-where am I?" voiced Leona in a confused voice. "And how the heck did I get here?"

Just then, Leona was taken off guard when two creatures suddenly appeared in front of her.

One of the creatures was a large humanoid being that had large claws on its hands with its body covered in black and purple armor.

The other creature was a large dragon with red and orange armored scales. It had clawed wings that were in the shaped of bat wings and sharp claws on its dark red feet; its long neck was arched as it glared at the humanoid creature with it's dark green eyes, and on the end of the dragon's nose was a long golden horn that flashed brightly within the light of the flames.

Leona's heart gave a great leap when she saw the creatures in front of her for she had never experienced a fiercer battle like this in all her life, but her heart also gave a greater leap when she locked eyes with the dragon's green orbs. Something about the dragon made her heart race at a greater speed than when she had just finished running with her Pokemon or seeing her brother's face again for the first time in many years of separation. Leona didn't know why she did it, but something in the back of her mind told her to voice out the words which were forming within her mind and she opened her mouth to say the words that came from her lips.

"D-Drago…"

The dragon seem to hear her as its cat-like eyes looked into Leona's blue orbs as if trying to find something within her before going back to the battle that it was fighting with the humanoid creature.

Leona watched the battle with wide eyes as her heart started to pound even faster within her chest as she stared at the two creatures in front of her. Just then, a flash of light suddenly flared out within the fiery skies of the realm with Leona being blinded by the light before she could realize what was going on around her.

Real world

"Ah!" screamed Leona as she quickly sat up in her bed with a shocked look on her face.

Eevee was startled awake by Leona's cry and quickly got into a fighting stance while searching the room for any dangerous treats. Leona was panting a little as she stared at the wall of her room with shock written all over her face. She soon calmed down when she felt her Pokemon partner rubbing up against her left arm as the fox tried to calm his partner down.

"Just a dream," mumbled Leona with a sigh.

She looked down at Eevee and smiled as she started to pet the small fox's head to reassure him that she was alright.

"It's alright Eevee, I'm fine." Leona reassured as she looked down at her Pokemon partner before lying back down on her bed.

Eevee slowly lay down beside her and the two of them went to sleep again not know that something is going to happen to them tomorrow.

Strange beginnings

Leona woke up that morning as she started to stretch out her muscles before crawling out from under the covers of her bed.

"Oh boy, that was a good sleep." She yawned as she crawled out from under the covers of her bed.

That was when Leona noticed something lying on the foot of her bed. It was a pile of folded up clothes and on top of the clothing she saw a folded piece of paper sitting on the pile.

"What's this?" voiced Leona as she picked up the piece of paper and unfolded it to see that it was a letter.

She started to read the letter and a smile soon spread out across her face at what she read from the letter. It was actually a letter from her mother, and it said this.

Dear: Leona

I have noticed that your old traveling clothes have a few rips and tears in them. So I decided to make some new ones for when you started your Pokemon journey again. I hope you like them.

With all my love: Your mother

"Oh mom," voiced Leona before looking down at the pile of clothes that were on her bed again.

Down stairs in the kitchen

Ash, May, Max, Dawn, Li, Sophie and Misty were sitting at the table of the Ketchum residence as they ate their breakfast in peace, but that peace was suddenly disturbed when they suddenly heard the sound of feet running down the stairs. The six teenagers and child turned their heads to see who was coming and saw Leona standing in front of them wearing her new set of clothing.

Leona was now wearing a light green vest over a dark blue high collar sleeveless shirt with a golden 'V' line running down towards her chest, metallic silver pants, and dark blue, red, and grey runners. On Leona's hands were light blue fingerless gloves with yellow around the cuffs and on Leona's head was a dark blue headband with black rims around the top and bottom edges of it.

"Good morning!" she shouted with a smile on her face.

"Morning," greeted Max, Dawn and Ash to Leona.

"Hey Leona," May greeted Leona as the young Pokemon trainer took a seat beside her at the kitchen table. "Hey, are those new clothes that you're wearing?"

"Yep," answered Leona with a proud smirk. "My mom made them and delivered them to my room when I was still sleeping."

Eevee walked up to a bowl of Pokemon food with Pikachu and Pipplup eating out of they're own bowls. The three Pokemon greeted each other before they chow-down on their food. Delia placed a plate of bacon and eggs in front of Leona with some toast on the side.

"Thanks mom," chirped Leona as she took a piece of toast from her plate. "These look delicious."

"Your welcome Leona," chuckled Delia with a smile.

"I'm also making some pancakes for everyone before we go to Professor Oak's lab," Brock announced from the stove as he looked at the table.

"Thanks Brock," Leona said with a smile. "Man, it's been a while since I last had your cooking."

"Yeah," Misty said with a chuckle. "I can't remember when I last had Brock's cooking since I had to split up from Ash and Brock to take up the job as gym leader."

"Man, being a gym leader must be a really hard job for you." Leona complemented with sympathy.

"Yeah, it is." Misty said truthfully with a smile, "But somebody has to do it."

"True, true," agreed Leona as she nodded her head. "Besides, you seem to have the right qualities that your three sisters don't have."

Misty chuckled in agreement before she cut a piece off of one of her eggs and put it in her mouth. Everyone was quiet as they ate their breakfast before they went to Professor Oak's lab. Leona was lost in thought as she kept thinking about the dream that she had last night and there was one thought that went through the young Pokemon trainer's head. What were those creatures that she had met within her dream?

Everyone had finished their breakfast and they were now traveling to Professor Oak's lab.

Professor Oak's lab

Leona and the other's soon arrived at Professor Oak's lab as they stood in front of the door.

"So who wants to knock?" asked May.

"I will," Sophie volunteered as she started knocking on the door.

When no answer came the gang decided to enter on they're own occurred. Leona turned the knob of the door and opened it for them as they enter a long hallway.

"Hello!" called Li.

"Professor?" said Leona in a confused voice.

Just then, a Muk suddenly appeared before the gang with a weak professor lying underneath it.

"What the!" cried Li in surprise.

"Oh dear," sighed Leona with a lopsided smile. "Look's like Muk is playing with Professor Oak yet again."

Ash, Misty, Brock, May, and Max nodded their heads in agreement with the same lopsided grin on their own faces. Dawn, Sophie, and Li were confused as they looked at the scene in front of them. Professor Oak struggled underneath the Muk until he finally managed to slip out from underneath it and greeted the others with a smile.

"Hello everyone," he grunted in greeting.

"Good morning Professor," Leona greeted with a chuckle as she walked towards him and Muk. "Did we come at a bad time?"

"No, no," answered Professor Oak. "You all came at the perfect time."

Leona chuckled before shooing Muk off of the Professor. The Muk was a little depressed by this, but soon slithered off down the hallway towards the door that will lead it outside to the back guardian where all the other Pokemon were playing in. The professor gave out a sigh of relief as he thanked Leona for helping him with his mucky problem. Everyone was soon sitting in Professor Oak's living room while they talked with the wise Professor that sat in front of them.

"So Leona, I've heard that you've been around almost the whole regions where your brother had went to when he started out on his journey, is that true?" asked Professor Oak.

"Yep," answered Leona with a nod of her head with Eevee sitting in her lap. "The battles within those regions were pretty though, but my team managed to beat them without a problem."

"Just as I expected from you Leona," chuckled Professor Oak. "You never miss a beat within your battles."

"I had a lot of good teachers when I was a kid," said Leona as a blush appeared on her cheeks. "It was really all thanks to them that I was able to make it through most of my battles."

"You've always been the modest person," joked Misty with a smile.

"Guilty as charged," agreed Leona as she looked over at the water Pokemon trainer. "By the way Professor, how are all of my other Pokemon doing?"

"There doing just fine," answered Professor Oak. "They're quite healthy and strong when they first got here. And I have to say that your Ponyta is quite healthy."

"Well Ponyta is still young that's for sure." Leona pointed out with a smile.

"Quite true," agreed Professor Oak.

"What's with these two," mumbled Li to Sophie. "It's as if Leona respects this old guy like he was her grandpa or something."

"Yeah," agreed Sophie with a nod of her head.

"By the way Professor, where's Tracy?" asked Misty out of curiosity.

"He's just outside in my backyard sketching the Pokemon right after he had finished feeding them." Professor Oak answered.

"Just like Tracy," chuckled Leona.

"That's a Pokemon watcher for ya," said Ash with a nod of his head.

Just then, Eevee suddenly sat up on Leona's lap as its ears started twitching. Leona noticed her Pokemon's behavior as she looked down at her partner.

"Eevee, what's wrong?" she asked her Pokemon partner.

"Pikachu?" asked Ash when he noticed his Pokemon standing erect on his shoulders.

That was when Li suddenly noticed the sky getting dark: "Hey guys, look!"

Everyone looked out at the window and saw that the sky was being overcast with dark clouds.

"That's weird," said Leona as she stood up from the chair to look out of the window with Eevee being held within her arms. "The forecast didn't say anything about rain today."

"Since when is the weather man ever right?" remarked Max as he looked up at Leona.

"You're probably right," voiced Leona with a hum before a flash of lightning cut through the sky.

"Seem like an electrical storm is coming our way." Brock remarked as he saw the flashes of the lightning streak across the sky.

Just then, the group heard the door slamming open and they all turned to see a young black hair boy running into the room.

He was wearing a loose green T-shirt, reddish-brown short, blue and yellow sneakers, and a light red headband that held the boys bangs out of his face.

"Tracy?" said Leona in a surprised voice as she looked at the older teen in front of her. "What's wrong?"

"Come quick…I found a person in the middle of the forest outside near the lab…and it looks like he's in really bad shape!" exclaimed Tracy in one breath.

"WHAT!" shouted everyone in shock.

Leona was the one that quickly acted as she ran out of the room with her brother running after her. The others quickly got over their shock as they ran after their companions.

Outside the lab: The forest

Leona and the others were running as fast as they could through the forest to where the stranger might be as thunder and lightning crashed above their heads. Leona and Ash were in the lead with their Pokemon partners running in front of them.

"Hurry up you guy!" shouted Leona over her shoulder as she glanced back at the group.

"We're coming Leona!" called Misty as she tried to pick up her pace to catch up to the two trainers that were far ahead of the group.

"Who knew that those two could run so fast!" exclaimed Max as he panted while he ran.

"Those two like to train with each other and battle against each other." Brock answered as he ran along side the youngest member of the group. "They are very competitive with each other."

That was when the gang soon lost track of Leona and Ash as the two siblings quickly disappeared into the thickest part of the forest.

"Oh no, we lost them!" exclaimed Sophie in anger.

"Leona! Ash!" shouted the group to their two companions.

In the thickest part of the forest

Leona, Ash and their Pokemon soon came to the spot where Tracy had seen the stranger and what they saw in front of them made the two young trainers come to a complete halt. A few Pokemon were surrounding a body with some of them nudging the figure as they tried to get it to move. Leona and Eevee walked towards the group of Pokemon with Ash and Pikachu following right behind them. The Pokemon turned their heads up when they heard the two trainers coming their way and they slowly started to make room for the two siblings so that they could help the stranger that lay within the circle of Pokemon.

Once Leona and Ash were up close to the body they saw that the stranger had many cuts and bruises. The stranger looked to be around 16 or 17 years old with messy dark reddish-brown hair that grew down to his shoulders. The stranger was wearing a bright red jacket over a dark orange shirt; dark red pants with buckles wrapped around the lower parts of his legs; dark red fingerless gloves with black around the cuffs, and black red sneakers with white at the tip of them. Leona and Ash also noticed the stranger's nails for they looked more like claws then regular human nails.

"Oh great Ho-oh, what in the world happened to him?" gasped Leona when she saw the cuts and scratches on the stranger's body.

"I don't know, but we've got to get him to Professor Oak's house, fast." Ash replied as he quickly grabbed the stranger's right arm and draped it over his shoulders.

"Right," spoke Leona as she quickly grabbed hold of the stranger's left arm and draped it over her shoulders as well.

The stranger let out a groan as Leona and Ash helped him up onto his feet before he started to open his eyes. Leona was taken by surprise when she saw the stranger's green eyes; for they looked liked the eyes of the dragon that she had seen in her dream.

'But that can't be!' she shouted within her head. 'This is a human being, not a dragon.'

"Hey, are you okay?" Ash asked the stranger as he and his sister helped him up onto his feet.

The stranger's eyes looked at Ash before widening and he quickly pushing the two siblings down to the ground: "Watch out!"

Leona and Ash landed on the ground with a thud. They quickly sat up to look at the stranger with mix of anger and confusement before another person suddenly appeared from out of the trees within the forest. The new person that had suddenly appeared from out of nowhere was wearing darker clothing than the first stranger that Leona and Ash had found within the forest of Professor Oak's guardian. The man had dark skin that almost looked black like the night sky of evening. He was wearing a black jacket over a purple muscle shirt, black jeans and black spiked boots.

The stranger in the red coat quickly jumped away from the dark skinned stranger before slamming his fist into his opponent's face. The dark skinned stranger repaid the strike with his own as he did a roundhouse kicked and caught the first stranger in the side of his hip.

"What the-what's going on here!" shouted Leona in demanded as she looked at the battle between the two seventeen year olds. "Why in the world are they fighting each other?"

"I don't know Leona," answered Ash as he stood up and began to help his sister up onto her feet. "But we can't stick around to find out."

The stranger within the red coat suddenly locked hands with the new stranger as the two of them started to push against each other to see who was stronger. All of the Pokemon that had appeared started running away into the forest; it was as if they sensed an incoming danger approaching and Eevee, along with Pikachu, started sparking and growling. Leona and Ash looked down at their Pokemon partners in confusement before they suddenly felt a pulse go through their bodies. Then, without warning and before the two of them knew what was happening, the whole forest suddenly turned into a different shade of color. Leona and Ash were shocked at what they saw while they took in their surroundings. The forest they once knew was in a stand still with no sound to be heard. A lighting bolt stood still within the clouds that hung above their heads.

"What?" started Leona as she and her brother were looking at their new surroundings. "What in the world is going on here?"

"Eevee!" barked Eevee as he alerted the trainers to attention.

Leona and Ash turned to look at the fox Pokemon before they turned their eyes towards the clearing where the strangers were fighting at, but they saw no one standing there.

"Where did they go!" shouted Ash in confusement.

"You must come to your senses!" a deep voice shouted from above Leona and Ash's heads.

The two teens looked up and gasped at what they saw before them. Flying high above their heads were two creatures they had never seen before in their life.

"Are those Pokemon?" asked Ash as he gaped at the two creatures in front of him.

"Let me check and see," replied Leona as she pulled out her Pokedex as she scanned one of the creatures with it.

"No Pokemon data is found," spoke the machine voice of the Pokedex.

"They're not Pokemon," said Leona in a shocked voice before she suddenly remembered her dream. "Wait a minute…those were the same two creatures I saw in my dream last night!"

"You saw those creatures in your dream?" asked Ash in confusement before the two of them were jolted out of their conversation by Pikachu's cry.

The two teens looked up to see what was wrong and quickly started when they saw the falling form of the humanoid creature coming towards them.

"Look out!" shouted Leona as she and her brother quickly grabbed their Pokemon partners and jumped out of the way in opposite directions.

Leona had jumped to the right and was now rolling around on the ground with Eevee in her arms before she came to a complete halt a few feet away from the humanoid creature. Slowly, Leona got up onto her knees as she set Eevee down in front of her.

"Are you okay bud?" she asked her partner.

Eevee replied with a happy bark to tell his partner that he was fine before the two of them turned to glare at the humanoid creature that had nearly flattened them.

"Okay, that really rubbed me the wrong way!" exclaimed Leona as she stood up on to her feet in anger. "Eevee, use your thunderbolt on that thing!"

Eevee nodded before he started to spark with yellow electricity and with a howl, the young fox let out a powerful bolt of static towards the creature in front of it. The thunderbolt hit its mark as it slammed against the side of the humanoid creature's face.

"Alright!" shouted Leona as she snapped her fingers in victory.

But her victory was short lived when the humanoid creature suddenly turned its yellow eyes on her in anger.

"Uh, oh" voiced Leona in fear when she saw the humanoid turn its attention on her and Eevee.

Just then, another thunderbolt hit the creature in the face on its left side.

"Hey ugly, leave my sister alone!" shouted Ash from afar.

"Ash, be careful!" shouted Leona over at her brother.

Just before the humanoid creature could turn its attention on Ash, a huge fireball suddenly slammed into it. Leona and Ash looked up to see the dragon glaring down at them.

"You two humans stay out of it!" it shouted. "This is a battle between Bakugan only!"

"Bakugan?" voiced Leona quietly in a confused tone. "Is that what these two are called?"

The humanoid creature, now know as a Bakugan, quickly stood up from the ground before jumping towards the dragon in a rage and quickly grabbed on to the dragon as its claws sunk into the dragon's shoulders. The dragon roared out in pain, but somehow endured it as it tried to reason with the creature that he was fighting.

"Fear Ripper, snap out of it!" shouted the dragon at the human creature. "The negative energy's of the Silent core have taken over your power of reason!"

"Hang in there!" shouted Leona to the dragon.

Just then, Leona started to feel something strange within her body as heart began to pound within her chest. Leona looked down to see a bright red light shining from under her shirt, but she wasn't the only one that was experiencing it for her brother's chest was also shining as well; but the light that was glowing within her brother's chest was yellow instead of red.

"W-what's going on?" gasped Ash as he looked down at his chest.

Before Leona could answer as the two lights started to glow even brighter. The two siblings were instantly bathed in red and yellow aura for a moment before two colored beams suddenly shot out from their bodies. The two beams of lights were soon absorbed into the dragon's body when they came into close contact with it.

The dragon eyes widened in surprise as it felt its body beginning to flare up with heat. "My-my power is building."

"What was that?" voiced Leona look confused on her face as the aura around her body disappear before looking over at her brother for an explanation.

Ash only looked at his sister with the same confusement within his eyes before the two looked up at the battle between the dragon and the humanoid creature. The dragon let out a roar before kicking the humanoid creature away from him.

"Take this Fear Ripper!" growled the dragon as it opened its mighty jaws, "Boosted Dragon!"

Without warning, a huge ball of fire suddenly shot out of the dragon's mouth as it was hurtled at the humanoid creature. When the fireball made contact with the long clawed creature a huge explosion quickly occurred. Leona and Ash quickly grabbed their Pokemon as they tried to shield them with their bodies while a shockwave was sent throughout the entire forest. The two trainers tried to keep themselves grounded so that they wouldn't get blown away, but it was just too much for them to handle. Leona and Ash felt themselves rising up from the ground for a second before they suddenly fell right back down on to the dirt again. The two trainers looked up to see what was going on and to their surprise the dragon was standing over them as it protected them from the blast with its body.

"Stay down, it will be over in a minute!" shouted the dragon to the two teens.

Leona and Ash nodded their head as they did what they were told. As the dragon promised, the explosion was over in a few minutes and everything became quiet around them. Leona was the first one to move when she heard the sounds of the forest again as she felt the wind blow across her face and through her hair as she looked around; the storm that once hung over their heads was gone. Ash moved as he stood beside his sister with Pikachu still being held within his arms. The dragon lowered its wings as it folded them up against its arms before it looked down at the two kids that were standing right in front of it.

"Are you two alright?" it asked them.

"Yeah, I think so," answered Leona as she and her brother held their Pokemon in their arms while they looked up at the dragon in front of them.

"Good," voiced the dragon before it let out a groan as it fell forwards onto its hands and knees.

Leona and Ash gasped before they quickly ran towards the dragon. The dragon's head was almost a meter off the ground with only the tip of his nose barely touching the grass.

"Hey!" shouted Leona as she and her brother came and stood in front of the dragon's head.

"Are you okay?" asked Ash with concern.

"I'm afraid not," breathed the dragon as it winched in pain. "I've used too much power within that battle and my body won't last much longer if I stay in this form for too long."

"Oh no!" gasped Leona in fear along with Ash.

"Is there anything we can do to help?" asked Ash.

The dragon's green eyes locked onto the two teens in front of him as he contemplated on whether or not he should let these humans help him.

'They seem trust worth enough,' he thought. 'But that doesn't mean that I should let my guard down.'

"The first thing you two can do to help is to not tell anyone about what you've seen here today," answered dragon to the two teens. "And you also have to keep my real identity a secret, do you understand?"

Leona and Ash looked at one another for a moment before turning to look at the dragon again and nodded their heads in agreement.

"We understand sir," answered Leona in a serious tone.

"Good," said the dragon with a light nod before he finally felt the last of his energy disappear from his body.

The dragon's body started to glow red before it started shrinking down to the size of a human. After the glow had stopped, Leona and Ash were shocked to see the same stranger before them as he tried to stand up to his full height on his wobbly legs. Leona and Ash placed their Pokemon down on the ground before they quickly ran over to the stranger's side to help him.

Back with the others

Misty and the group had lost sight of Ash and Leona and are now looking for them through the thick forest.

"Leona! Ash!" yelled Misty at the top of her lungs.

"Can you hear us!" shouted Dawn as she cupped her hands over the sides of her mouth.

"Ash, where are you!" called May.

"Leona, answer us!" shouted Brock.

"Where could those two have gone?" questioned Professor Oak sourly.

"Hey guy!"

The group turned to the source of the voice and they all saw the two siblings and their Pokemon walking towards them with the stranger leaning on top of Ash and Leona.

"Leona! Ash!" shouted Misty and May as the group ran towards them.

"Where were you guys?" asked Max in demand.

"We'll explain later," answered Leona as she looked down at the younger member of the group. "Right now we have an injured person on our hands here."

"Is he alright?" asked Sophie.

"Let's get him back to Professor Oak's house," suggested Tracy.

"Right!" echoed the group together before they started to head back to Professor Oak's house.

Professor Oak's house: bed room

Brock had finished wrapping the last bandage around the stranger's left arm before he gently placed the arm back down onto the bed. Brock had taken off the top part of the stranger's clothing when they had gotten back and what the others saw wasn't pretty. The stranger's chest and stomach were covered in long deep slash marks that the others couldn't believe that he had survived this long with wounds like those.

"So how's he doing Brock?" asked Leona as she and Ash stood behind the Pokemon breeder with their respective Pokemon on their shoulders.

"Well…" started Brock as he rose up from the chair that he was sitting in before he turned to look at the siblings."Despite the wounds that are on his body; it looks like he might be able to pull through with just a few days rest."

"That's good," Ash sighed with relief as his sister also let go of her breath after she had heard the news from Brock.

"Brock is it okay if we stay here with the stranger for a while?" asked Leona to the oldest member of Ash's group.

"Sure," answered Brock with a nod. "I'll make sure no one disturbs you guys while you talk with this guy. Try and see what you can get out of him."

"Okay," answered the siblings with a nod before Brock left the room while closing the door behind him.

Leona and Ash pulled up some chairs as they sat near the side of the bed while they looked down at the face of the stranger that was sleeping quietly before them. Now that they've got a good look at him they saw that the stranger's skin color was a light tan and that his body was lightly muscle toned from his arms to his chest.

"You know Ash, it kind of funny." Leona spoke after a long minute of silence between them.

"What is?" asked Ash as he looked at his sister with a confused look on his face.

"After today's event…I'm not even sure whether to believe it had been real or not," replied Leona as she gripped the cloth of her pants as her body started shaking. "But after what we had just witnessed…"

"It was really alright," a deep voice interrupted as it cut into Leona's sentence.

The two siblings quickly turned their eyes on the stranger in surprise when they had heard his voice and saw his eyes half open as he looked at the two of them.

"Hey, you're awake," declared Ash as he smiled down at the stranger before him.

"Hump" scoffed the stranger. "How can anyone sleep when you two are making such a racket?"

"Sorry about that," apologized Leona with a small smile. "We didn't mean to wake you up sir."

"You can stop calling me sir you know," growled the stranger as he slowly sat up within the bed to face the teens before he winched in pain.

"Be careful," warned Leona as she held out her hand towards the stranger. "Your wounds haven't healed yet."

"I'll be fine," said the stranger stubbornly as he lightly pushed Leona's hand away from him with his left claw/hand.

Leona slowly placed her right hand back down onto her lap before asking a question that came popping into her head: "I hope you don't mind me asking, but…who are you? And what was that creature that you were fighting with?"

"My name is Drago," answered the stranger as he looked at the two siblings before him. "I'm a Dragonoid Bakugan that came from a world called Vestoria."

"Vestoria?" echoed both Ash and Leona quietly.

"Yes," replied the stranger, now known as Drago. "It is a world where there are six elements that you two humans know as earth, fire, wind, water, light and the dark side and the creature that I have been fighting in the battle that you two have seen was a Fear Ripper. The Bakugan within Vestoria are creatures that fight to survive; for in our world it is the survival of the fittest."

"Sort of like how it is for the wild Pokemon here in our world," mumbled Leona sadly as she looked down at the floor.

"Yes it is," agreed Drago with a nod of his head as he looked at the young female in front of him.

"Wait a minute," interrupted Ash. "Are you saying that you've been here, in our world, before?"

"Yes," answered Drago again. "I have been traveling through dimensions and I stumbled onto you're world many years ago; that was how I was able to change into this human form instead of the ball form that we Bakugan would go into when coming into a new world."

"If that's so, then why are you here now?" asked Leona as she raised her eyes up from the ground to look at the human/dragon for answers.

"That is none your concern human," replied Drago roughly as he turned his head to the side.

"Hey, you don't have to be rude to my sister like that!" exclaimed Ash as he shot up from his chair.

"'Sister?'" repeated Drago in a surprised tone as he looked at Ash for a moment before looking at Leona with a glare. "You've got to be kidding me; she doesn't even look like your sister much less act like one."

"I'm…actually adopted," replied Leona quietly as she turned her eyes down to the ground.

"Adopted?" repeated Drago as he raised an eyebrow in question. "How exactly were you adopted with this human boy?"

Leona was quiet for a moment before answering Drago: "Like you said to me; it's none of your business."

Drago narrowed his eyes in anger and was about to demand an answer when he caught glimpse of Leona's eyes and decided to just drop it for now until he thought she was ready to talk.

"Anyways," continued Leona as she forced a smile on her face. "I think my brother and I should introduce ourselves to you before you start mixing us up with someone else."

"Huh? Oh…right," muttered Drago as he snapped out of his thoughts.

"Okay," said Leona as she started to introduce herself first. "My name is Leona Ketchum; I'm fourteen years old and I lived in Pallet Town ever since I was six years old. This fox here on my shoulders is my partner and best friend, Eevee."

"Vee!" barked Eevee in greeting.

Drago nodded his head in acknowledgement before turning his eyes on to Ash.

"My name is Ash Ketchum; I'm fifteen years old and I've lived in Pallet Town ever since the day I was born. Our mother raised both of use together when we were little, and this is my partner and best friend, Pikachu."

"Pikachu!" chirped Pikachu in greeting as he waved his front paw/hand at Drago.

"So you have a mother, what about your father?" questioned Drago in curiosity.

Ash felt a twinge within his heart before he looked down at the ground in sadness: "I've never really known my father because I've never met him."

"Our mother told us that Ash's father had left on a long journey many years ago." Leona stepped in. "He was on an ocean cruiser when a huge storm hit and sunk the ship. Our mother got a note saying that the rescue teams couldn't find Mr. Ketchum's body any where so they all presumed that he was dead. Our mother was heart broken that day to no end."

"I'm sorry," Drago apologized with sympathy. "I didn't mean to bring up such terrible memories."

"That's okay," said Ash with a shake of his head. "You didn't know."

"He right," spoke Leona. "Besides, any one would make a mistake like that."

"Leona! Ash!" called a voice from the other side of the door as a knock came with it. "It's me, Misty. I just came to check on you guys."

"Don't worry, we're fine!" answered Leona. "We'll be down stairs in a minute okay?"

"Okay, just don't take too long," replied Misty before the two siblings heard her footsteps growing fainter as she walked down the hall to where the others were waiting for them.

"Well, we've got to get going Drago," announced Leona as she stood up from her chair and was standing beside her brother. "We'll come back later to check on you."

"Do whatever you feel like human," muttered Drago before he lay back down on the bed again.

"You know," started Leona as she went into thought. "Since you don't want us to revile your true identity, how about giving you a temporary name until you find a way back to your own world, huh?"

Drago didn't answer for a moment as he just lay there within the bed covers with his eyes closed. Leona and Ash wait for a reply as they stood at the edge of the bed. Drago soon gave out a sigh before opening his left eye to look at them.

"What do you have in mind?" he asked with a growl.

"Well…since your name starts with a 'D' I'll call you David," replied Leona with a smile.

"Fine, whatever," grumbled Drago before he rolled over onto his right side.

Ash looked at his sister with a smile as she beamed back at him before they quietly walked out of the room while they gently closed the door behind them. Drago lay on his bed with his eyes open as he looked out through the glass of the window towards the open sky that was endless to all flying creatures that roamed through the air of the world.

"That girl and her brother seem to get along quite well with each other," voice Drago as he looked out at the sky. "Unlike one Dragonoid I know of. Perhaps these two siblings can help me with finding the infinity core, but I'll have to keep a carefully eye on them or else; for this could be the only way to save Vestoria."

To be continued